populate
verb (used with object)
to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
was populating
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past progressiveof populate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Instead of videos covering one specific topic, more “lifestyle content” was populating her feed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
He didn’t adequately explain why documents obtained by EFF showed that the FBI was populating its database with millions of completely innocent people’s photos.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2015
At one point, I sat next to Duncan, who was populating a test planet with alien fungus.
From The New Yorker ● May 11, 2015
Selling Some of the Memories Behind Studio 54 As Steve Rubell saw it, the key to a successful party was populating a room with guests more interesting than you.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2013
